Constituency
234. Kurtha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KURTHA
SSP 57.3%won by 36.9%INC 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 36.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 57.3% of the vote here (+57.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,876
Margin
16,201
36.92%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SSP- 1J. PRASADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP25,14257.3%
- 2S. P. VERMAIndian National Congress · INC8,94120.4%
- 3K. S. SHARMAIndependent · IND5,41212.3%
- 4N. P. SINHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4833.4%
- 5R. PRASADIndependent · IND9592.2%
- 6M. M. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP8702.0%
- 7B. CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND8091.8%
- 8S. M. HAQUESwatantra Party · SWA2600.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +67.9%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 57.3%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- — → —